I want to be happier - recipe for it

[Super Nova]

The recipe for happiness? An enduring marriage and an affair with lots of sex

In an extract from her new book, the controversial sociologist says it is time to redraw marital rules – with a radical rethink on fidelity

Wow, a new measure of happiest is to commit adultery..... or is this just old and the Italians and French have always done it. The full story is worth a read. I'm going to live in France.... ummm I wish.

What do you think... do you want to be happier?
Would this make you happier?
If you could get away with it, would you do it?

Already two American economists, David Blanchflower and Andrew Oswald, have attempted to measure happiness through sexual fulfilment in monetary terms. They estimated that increasing the frequency of sexual intercourse from once a month to at least once a week was equivalent to £32,000 a year in happiness. They also estimated that a lasting marriage provided the equivalent of £64,000 a year. If you add the two together, an affair providing lots of sex and an enduring marriage, that’s a recipe for a lot of happiness.

It is also a handsome sum when you consider how much longer people are living. In pre-industrial Britain marriages only lasted about 20 years, due to early death. Today, marriages can last 40 to 60 years. It is no coincidence that the peak ages for affairs in Britain and the United State is 45 for a woman and 55 for a man.

Of course, it would be misleading to suggest that married dating does not have a certain morality of its own. Just as there are rules for dating non-married people, a new set of rules is necessary to navigate the way through the secretive world of married dating on the internet.

Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/relationship ... f-sex.html

[Rorschach]

Since when is happiness just a measure of sexual fulfillment?
A joke can make you happy.
A compliment.
A good game of a much loved sport.
Friends.
Parties.
Family.
Pets.
A Movie.
A TV show.
Music.
The list goes on and on and on.

People can be happier single than married.

I guess I just don't get it.

[IQS.RLOW]

Married people are generally happier studies have shown

[Super Nova]

Married people are generally happier studies have shown

This book and a study tried to show they are even happier if they cheat on each other.

[Rorschach]

[Black Orchid]

Married people are generally happier studies have shown

This book and a study tried to show they are even happier if they cheat on each other.

Personally, I would think that cheating caused more stress. Especially for the cheater in the relationship